#38B488#38B488

#38B488 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38B488
RGB	rgb(56, 180, 136)
HSL	hsl(159, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 24.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -44.41, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 46.21, 163.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% -0.1225 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.127 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3937, 35.2583, 28.9131)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38B488 #B43864

analogous

#38B44A #38B488 #38A2B4

triadic

#38B488 #8838B4 #B48838

tetradic

#38B488 #4A38B4 #B43864 #A2B438

square

#38B488 #4A38B4 #B43864 #A2B438

split-complementary

#38B488 #B438A2 #B44A38

monochromatic

#1B5741 #298565 #38B488 #5DCDA5 #8BDBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#38B488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#38B488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38B488

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38B488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38B488	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A786

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38b488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 180, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ecbaa',
    500: '#38b488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38b488;
$custom-light: #7ecbaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38b488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.71,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69084,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38B488

secondary

#C5829A

accent

#4C7FDC

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#EFF9F4

border

#CAD2CE

text

#0B1310

muted

#7C827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38B488

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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